USS Atlantis Status Report
January 2006
Stardate:
- 2392.04.25
- 2392.04.26
Locations of the (crew of the) USS Atlantis:
- While he was first trapped inside some subspace prison, Captain Torn subsequently found himself on Pandora Station, in the Pandora System in the Alpha Quadrant.
- The rest of the crew found themselves in and later outside of a subspace distortion nebula near a star system with a Class A blue star, apparently inside Dominion space, in the Gamma Quadrant.
Summary:
- 2392.04.25/26
The unstable compromise between the Atlantis and the Vorta continued to last. Jem'Hadar were brought on board to make sure the crew wasn't spying on the Dominion nebula they were in, while the Vorta continued to talk to Lieutenant Andersson, who was posing as Captain in Torn's absence. This gave Commander Velden and the rest of the crew the time they needed to think of an escape plan, just in case the current compromise failed for some reason.
Hiding inside the nebula, repairs were coming along slowly, and the Jem'Hadar, as well as Volnaran (the Vorta) grew more impatient with each passing hour. Finally, a device hidden inside Volnaran's pocket began to count down to something -- a "firing exercise", as the Vorta called it. He demanded that the Atlantis left the nebula at once, despite the ship's unfinished repairs, and despite the fact that the starship would be no match for the dozens of subspace rifts, which were still waiting outside of the nebula for the Atlantis to appear.
This time, no compromise could be made: Volnaran and the Jem'Hadar beamed back to their ships, after which three of the five Dominion vessels towed the Atlantis towards the edge of the nebula. Apparently, the Dominion didn't want the Atlantis and its crew to be in the nebula when the mysterious countdown ended.
Going outside of the nebula meant certain death, because the subspace rifts would launch their torpedoes again and finish what they started when they attacked the Atlantis earlier. Staying inside the nebula, however, meant fighting five Jem'Hadar vessels. In its damaged state, the Atlantis would barely be able to take on one hostile ship, let alone five. Still, it was deemed that fighting the Dominion was preferable to fighting the subspace rifts...
...So the Atlantis fired the first shot. Taking out the Dominion's tractor beams, the crew hoped to elude the Jem'Hadar long enough to escape in the sensor-masking clouds of the nebula. Lieutenant Rofellian even brought an experimental, future Romulan device on line, which made the ship temporarily invisible on enemy sensors.
The Jem'Hadar, unfortunately, didn't need sensors to hit their target. This left the Atlantis in quite a bad shape, as the Dominion forced the ship closer and closer to the edge of the nebula. Ultimately, the Atlantis raced out of the nebula, planning to turn around immediately and fly back in, but the subspace rifts were too fast: they fired large amounts of torpedoes at the ship. None of those, however, hit the Atlantis; instead, they were aimed at the Dominion ships, which quickly made a run for it.
The Atlantis was subsequently briefly surrounded by the subspace rifts, but only for a short time: they disappeared again when they had delivered Captains Sarin and Kane to the Bridge of the starship.
A few moments later, Volnaran's countdown ended. A strange blue light lit up the nebula from within, but the exact source was unknown. It was clear that the Dominion were doing something inside that nebula, but it was far from clear what exactly that something was. Unfortunately, the Atlantis was in no shape to investigate, and Captain Sarin, now in command of the Atlantis, reluctantly ordered the ship to return to Pandora Station.
Meanwhile, Captain Torn was released from the subspace nightmare as well, only he ended up on Pandora Station. When Sarin on the Atlantis contacted Pandora Station via subspace, things quickly became clear. Now, the ghastly truth is known not only to the COs, but also to the crews of the dutystations in the Frontier Fleet: the COs and Admirals had been held captive, because the transwarp they had been using had been killing the subspace aliens.
While elsewhere in the fleet, work quickly began on a way to modify the transwarp engines so they won't have harmful effects to the subspace aliens, the Atlantis limped home at warp two. Its crew, tired and battered by recent experiences, leaves the nebula behind with mixed feelings: on the one hand, they are glad they have survived, but on the other, they know that they were unable to learn of the Dominion's secrets in that nebula.
Secrets that, in a worst case scenario, could have very alarming repercussions...
CAST:
PCs [7]:
CO Captain Alfred Torn, played by David Susman
FO Commander Paul Velden, played by Ben Versteegt
ASTC Lieutenant Vladek Rofellian, played by Patrick Buidin
CONN Lt. jg Kyler Fletcher, played by Alonzo Soban
ACONN Lt. jg Una Andersson, played by Hanna Brunefeldt
ACMO Ensign Morgan Kadar, played by Morgan Kadar.
ACMO Ensign Andre Thomas, played by Andre Thomas.
SPCs/NPCs [17]:
Helmsman Lieutenant Ran Singh, played by Adrian Rodd
CSO Lt.jg Jomorr, played by Rob Versteegt
ACEO Lt.jg Leo Montgomery, played by Bram Peeters
AOPS Ensign Andrusia, played by Martin Miller
ACMO Ensign Bastian Dupre, played by Hanna Brunefeldt
Counsellor Ensign Esme Imala, played by Patrick Buidin
Operations Officer Ensign Zoë Vil, played by Bram Peeters
Transporter Chief Ensign Nasatha Sh'lin, played by Ben Versteegt
Engineering Crewman Petty Officer First Class Brooker Brown, played by John Hardy
Medical Orderly crewman Leonard Zimmerman, played by David Susman
Science Crewman Conyas Norman, played by Ruben Hilbers
Holly, Emergency Engineering Hologram, Mark I, played by Adrian Rodd
EMH, Mark I, played by Rob Versteegt
Ambassador Diana von Klinkerhoffen, played by Rob Versteegt
Attaché Demetrius, Ambassador's Attaché, played by David Susman.
Holographic Bartender Bart, played by Rob Versteegt
Glitch, played by Ben Versteegt
VACANCIES [10]:
ACONN
OPS
AOPS
STC
ASTC
CEO
ACEO
CMO
COUNS
ACSO
Promotions:
None this month.
Departures:
None this month.
New Arrivals:
None this month.
Posting Stats:
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Player | PC |S/NPC|Total | Last post date
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David Susman | 2 | 1 | 3 | January 27 LOA*
Ben Versteegt | 5 | 3 | 8 | January 28
Alonzo Soban | 4 | 3 | 7 | January 29
Hanna Brunefeldt | 6 | 14 | 20 | January 31
Patrick Buidin | 6 | 7 | 13 | January 29
Morgan Kadar | 5 | | 5 | January 29
Andre Thomas | 6 | | 6 | January 31
Martin Miller | | 0 | 0 | November 24 LOA?
Rob Versteegt | [1]| 9 | 9 [10]| January 31
Bram Peeters | [2]| 5 | 5 [7] | January 30 LOA
Adrian Rodd | [4]| 2 | 2 [5] | January 31
John Hardy | | 1 | 1 | January 5
Ruben Hilbers | | 14 | 14 | January 31
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Joint Posts | [1 CO Sarin & FO Jalando]
----------------------+----+-----+---------+-------------------
Total | 34 | 59 | 93 [99]| Last month: 47
|[41]| | |
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Legend:
LOA = Player has been on LOA this month and has not yet returned.
LOA* = Player has been on LOA this month but has returned.
[ ] = Total of posts for that player, including the posts that are counted on other dutystations (i.e. CO posts for Bram and Adrian, and the Sarin/Jalando JP for Adrian and Rob).
Notes: It has been slightly confusing to have characters from other dutystations post on both their own dutystations and the Atlantis. Those posts are counted as posts for other dutystations, while the Torn posts count as Atlantis posts.
Top 3 posters for January 2006:
1) Hanna Brunefeldt, 20 posts
2) Ruben Hilbers, 14 posts
3) Patrick Buidin, 13 posts.
This month saw almost twice as many posts than last month (or more, if you also count the CO posts). Great job, everyone! Of course, quantity is not as important as quality. One good post beats two short, bad posts any day. ;) Keep up the good work, everybody. :) |
